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January 27, 2019

Bomb attacks kill four policemen in northern Iraq: police

At least four policemen were killed and 11 wounded by two roadside bombs that targeted police convoys in separate attacks in northern Iraq on Sunday, the service and medical...

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January 27, 2019

Lebanon's Hezbollah says 'surprising' Israel took so long to find tunnels

Iran-backed Hezbollah has “for years” been able to enter Israel, the Lebanese group’s leader said on Saturday, responding for the first time to Israel’s discovery of tunnels dug into...

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January 27, 2019

Syria: Turkey must pull troops to revive historic security pact

Syria said on Saturday it was ready to revive a landmark security deal with Turkey that normalised ties for two decades before the 2011 conflict if Ankara pulled its...

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January 27, 2019

Saudi seeks to attract $427 bln with industrial programme

Saudi Arabia aims to attract private sector investments worth 1.6 trillion riyals ($427 billion) over the next decade through an industrial development programme aimed at diversifying the economy, Energy...

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January 27, 2019

Egypt opens new international airport in Giza for trial flights

Egypt opened a new international airport on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday for an initial trial period, in a bid to ease pressure from Cairo’s main airport...

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January 27, 2019

Fire damages food for 3.7 million in Yemen's Hudaydah

Wheat silos in Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah have been damaged by a fire caused by suspected mortar shelling, threatening food supplies for millions of hungry people, the United...

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January 27, 2019

Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in the West Bank

Hamdi Taleb Na'asan, a 38 year old farmer, was killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of al-Mughayer...

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January 27, 2019

UN Khashoggi inquiry seeks access to Saudi consulate

A UN human rights investigator leading an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Saturday she had made a request to have access to...

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January 27, 2019

Asian confederation says president not involved in Bahrain player case

The Asian Football Confederation said on Saturday that President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa had had no influence on their handling of the case of a Bahraini player arrested...

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January 27, 2019

BAE chairman: UK should be 'critical friend' to Riyadh

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi and Yemen’s war have hurt Saudi Arabia’s reputation, the chairman of BAE Systems told Sky News, adding Britain as a “critical friend” could help...

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